emissions of air pollutants, per capita in Egypt
Egypt: emissions of air pollutants, per capita was 0.04 tonnes per person in 2022. ▲ Rising
emissions of air pollutants, per capita in Egypt, 1960–2022
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in tonnes per person.
Analysis
In 2022, emissions of air pollutants, per capita in Egypt stood at 0.04 tonnes per person.
That represents a change of down 3.3% on the previous year and up 31.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, emissions of air pollutants, per capita in Egypt peaked at 0.0413 tonnes per person in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.0154 tonnes per person, in 1969.
Egypt ranks 105th of 207 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
emissions of air pollutants, per capita in Egypt, year by year
| Year | tonnes per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.0205 tonnes per person | — |
| 1961 | 0.0195 tonnes per person | -5.2% |
| 1962 | 0.0192 tonnes per person | -1.4% |
| 1963 | 0.0197 tonnes per person | +2.4% |
| 1964 | 0.0212 tonnes per person | +7.9% |
| 1965 | 0.0217 tonnes per person | +2.3% |
| 1966 | 0.0201 tonnes per person | -7.4% |
| 1967 | 0.0166 tonnes per person | -17.3% |
| 1968 | 0.0174 tonnes per person | +4.5% |
| 1969 | 0.0154 tonnes per person | -11.5% |
| 1970 | 0.0155 tonnes per person | +1.2% |
| 1971 | 0.0155 tonnes per person | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 0.0159 tonnes per person | +2.6% |
| 1973 | 0.0156 tonnes per person | -1.4% |
| 1974 | 0.0167 tonnes per person | +6.8% |
| 1975 | 0.0157 tonnes per person | -6.0% |
| 1976 | 0.0166 tonnes per person | +5.7% |
| 1977 | 0.0172 tonnes per person | +3.8% |
| 1978 | 0.0174 tonnes per person | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 0.0179 tonnes per person | +2.4% |
| 1980 | 0.0183 tonnes per person | +2.5% |
| 1981 | 0.019 tonnes per person | +3.9% |
| 1982 | 0.0197 tonnes per person | +3.4% |
| 1983 | 0.0203 tonnes per person | +3.0% |
| 1984 | 0.0211 tonnes per person | +4.2% |
| 1985 | 0.0215 tonnes per person | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 0.0216 tonnes per person | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 0.0221 tonnes per person | +2.3% |
| 1988 | 0.022 tonnes per person | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 0.0215 tonnes per person | -2.2% |
| 1990 | 0.0213 tonnes per person | -1.2% |
| 1991 | 0.0208 tonnes per person | -2.2% |
| 1992 | 0.0201 tonnes per person | -3.4% |
| 1993 | 0.0197 tonnes per person | -2.0% |
| 1994 | 0.0203 tonnes per person | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0209 tonnes per person | +3.4% |
| 1996 | 0.0221 tonnes per person | +5.5% |
| 1997 | 0.0218 tonnes per person | -1.4% |
| 1998 | 0.0235 tonnes per person | +7.7% |
| 1999 | 0.0248 tonnes per person | +5.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0254 tonnes per person | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 0.0252 tonnes per person | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.0254 tonnes per person | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 0.0256 tonnes per person | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.0268 tonnes per person | +4.5% |
| 2005 | 0.0283 tonnes per person | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 0.027 tonnes per person | -4.3% |
| 2007 | 0.0271 tonnes per person | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.0294 tonnes per person | +8.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0296 tonnes per person | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.0287 tonnes per person | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0298 tonnes per person | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 0.0304 tonnes per person | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0287 tonnes per person | -5.4% |
| 2014 | 0.0284 tonnes per person | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 0.0289 tonnes per person | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 0.029 tonnes per person | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.0296 tonnes per person | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 0.0307 tonnes per person | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 0.0292 tonnes per person | -4.7% |
| 2020 | 0.0384 tonnes per person | +31.4% |
| 2021 | 0.0413 tonnes per person | +7.6% |
| 2022 | 0.04 tonnes per person | -3.3% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 0.04 tonnes per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0453 tonnes per person, 88% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 0.04 tonnes per person is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.0286 tonnes per person, 1.4× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where emissions of air pollutants, per capita in Egypt changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +31.4% | 0.0292 tonnes per person | 0.0384 tonnes per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0191 tonnes per person | 0.0154 tonnes per person | 0.0217 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.0164 tonnes per person | 0.0155 tonnes per person | 0.0179 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0207 tonnes per person | 0.0183 tonnes per person | 0.0221 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0215 tonnes per person | 0.0197 tonnes per person | 0.0248 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.027 tonnes per person | 0.0252 tonnes per person | 0.0296 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0293 tonnes per person | 0.0284 tonnes per person | 0.0307 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0399 tonnes per person | 0.0384 tonnes per person | 0.0413 tonnes per person | 3 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More climate change data for Egypt
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 1.83 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 23,560 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 7,147 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 16,413 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 26.97 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 586.18 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 19,891 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 11,869 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 8,022 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 44.79 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is emissions of air pollutants, per capita in Egypt?
- Emissions of air pollutants, per capita in Egypt was 0.04 tonnes per person in 2022, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest emissions of air pollutants, per capita recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0413 tonnes per person in 2021.
- What is the lowest emissions of air pollutants, per capita recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0154 tonnes per person in 1969.
- How does Egypt rank for emissions of air pollutants, per capita?
- Egypt ranks 105th out of 207 countries with data for 2022.
- Is emissions of air pollutants, per capita rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of emissions of air pollutants, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
emissions of air pollutants divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
emissions of air pollutants ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- emissions of air pollutants Hoesly et al. (2024) – Community Emissions Data System (CEDS) – with major processing by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
emissions of air pollutants divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.